2024-01-15 07:52:51
At around 6:55 a.m. in the Kanto region of Japan on the 15th, a huge “fireball” appeared in the sky. Experts speculated that it was a meteorite. Reposted from Twitter@dfuji1
At around 6:55 a.m. today (1/15) in Japan, a huge “fireball” appeared in the sky west of Tokyo. The “Fireball” burst into bluish-white light that illuminated the sky, and then disappeared within seconds following multiple explosions. Since it was the time when Japanese people were commuting early in the morning, the bluish-white light was witnessed by many people. In addition to people on social networks who were surprised that they saw it for the first time and were shocked, there were also people who said they heard it. “Bounce” explosion sound. Some experts analyzed that it may have been a meteorite falling.
According to a report by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), Daichi Fujii, an astronomy researcher at the Hiratsuka City Museum on the Kanagawa Line, said that at around 6:55 a.m. on the 15th, cameras set up in Hiratsuka City and Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, both took pictures. To the look of fireballs sliding across the sky.
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The images from both places showed that a bright, fireball-like object appeared in the north as it was getting brighter at dawn, and it was photographed that it fell following a few seconds.
Daichi Fujii determined that the fireball was heading from the direction above Kanagawa Prefecture to Nagano Prefecture.
In addition, on social networks, many netizens, mainly from the Kanto region belonging to the same time zone, posted that they saw objects that looked like fireballs and heard explosions.
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Daichi Fujii said, “I was surprised by the bright fireball falling in the brightening sky. The fireball was so bright, which means that it may be tens of centimeters in diameter, which is very rare. Since there is a rumored shock wave, it may have fallen “.
In addition, the “Asahi Shimbun” reported that Fujii Dai said, “Because the sound can also be heard, it may be a meteorite falling.”
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